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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Peta releases images of ‘dog leather’ gloves made in China – Asia – World – The Independent

Skins were then made into women’s fashion gloves, men’s work gloves and other products which were exported around the world.

A dog slaughterer told Peta’s investigator that the facility skinned between 100 to 200 dogs each day.

A further 300 dogs are kept in a compound, awaiting death.

The charity has warned consumers across the world to avoid buying cheap leather gloves from stores.

“PETA is calling on shoppers worldwide to remember the terror that dogs and other animals endure at slaughter and make the safe, vegan choice in clothing and accessories for the holidays and every day,” said PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk.

via Peta releases images of ‘dog leather’ gloves made in China – Asia – World – The Independent.

Poetry By Heart | Minority

I was born a foreigner.

I carried on from there

to become a foreigner everywhere

I went, even in the place

planted with my relatives,

six-foot tubers sprouting roots,

their fingers and faces pushing up

new shoots of maize and sugar cane.

All kinds of places and groups

of people who have an admirable

history would, almost certainly,

distance themselves fro me.

I don’t fit,

like a clumsily translated poem;

like food cooked in milk of coconut

where you expected ghee or cream,

the unexpected aftertaste

of cardamom or neem.

via Poetry By Heart | Minority.

If anyone still thinks this is about religion, and…

Applies to all the politicized “religious fundamentalists” in all the movements claiming to be protecting their “religion/power/control.”

If anyone still thinks this is about religion, and not a political struggle with the barest patina of religion as justification for this war, they need only come to Peshawar to attend the funerals of the children, who will be buried before the sun goes down, in the Islamic tradition. They have only to hear what their parents will say, the customary response to the news of a Muslim’s death: to Him we belong and to Him we will return. The children who were killed are of the same religion as the attackers claim to follow. This is not about religion: this is about power, intimidation and revenge.

If anyone still thinks this is about religion, and not a political struggle with the barest patina of religion as justification for this war, they need only come to Peshawar to attend the funerals of the children, who will be buried before the sun goes down, in the Islamic tradition. They have only to hear what their parents will say, the customary response to the news of a Muslim’s death: to Him we belong and to Him we will return. The children who were killed are of the same religion as the attackers claim to follow. This is not about religion: this is about power, intimidation and revenge.

claiming If anyone still thinks this is about religion, and not a political struggle with the barest patina of religion as justification for this war, they need only come to Peshawar to attend the funerals of the children, who will be buried before the sun goes down, in the Islamic tradition. They have only to hear what their parents will say, the customary response to the news of a Muslim’s death: to Him we belong and to Him we will return. The children who were killed are of the same religion as the attackers claim to follow. This is not about religion: this is about power, intimidation and revenge.

Bina Shah, The Guardian on the Taliban massacre of school children in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (via politicsalamericana)

(via randycwhite)

via If anyone still thinks this is about religion, and….

In Miami, Astonishment Over Action and Disagreement Over Cuba News – NYTimes.com

“As far as I’m concerned, this can only be good for the Cubans who are still there, and they’ll live a better life economically,” said Mr. Vilches, who went 40 years without setting foot in Cuba but now visits every couple of months. “I don’t stay angry anymore.”

via In Miami, Astonishment Over Action and Disagreement Over Cuba News – NYTimes.com.

Lib Dems supported the bedroom tax. Then opposed it. And now they support it again.

Pride's Purge

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!)

Today the Lib Dems voted to support the bedroom tax:

Betrayal as Lib Dems vote to keep hated Bedroom Tax (Dec 2014)

Which is not long after they pledged to oppose the bedroom tax:

Bedroom tax must be axed says Nick Clegg in dramatic Lib Dem U-turn (July 2014)

Which was not all that long after they originally voted to support the bedroom tax:

Liberal Democrats vote to uphold cruelty (Nov 2013)

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All of which means we’ve got yet another new word to add to the Lib Dem Concise Dictionary of Misleading Words and Phrases:

lib dem dictionary

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The Unelected

Petchary's Blog

“The Unelected.” That sounds like a movie or TV drama title, doesn’t it? “The Unforgiven.” “The Missing.” And so on.

Yesterday lunchtime, I was gathering my belongings and about to leave Gordon House as a parliamentary committee meeting drew to a close. Anti-corruption campaigner, former politician and University of the West Indies professor Trevor Munroe had just made a submission to the parliamentary Joint Select Committee examining draft legislation to establish a single anti-corruption agency with prosecutorial powers. I was honored to join a bright young group of volunteers and staff members from National Integrity Action (NIA), a non-profit lobby group focusing on corruption, transparency and accountability issues in government founded by Professor Munroe three years ago. NIA has been advocating for a single anti-corruption agency for some time now. The Committee held its first meeting in October, and has some way to go in its deliberations, I would say.

Senator Mark Golding, Minister of Justice, chairs the joint select parliamentary committee examining draft anti-corruption legislation. Senator…

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Gun control has turned Australia into a nation of defenceless victims, says nutcase Aussiessenator | Australia news | The Guardian

How many folks would be “carrying” in a candy store? What a fool to make such a foolish cruel remark!

Australia has been turned into a “nation of victims” by gun control laws, Liberal Democratic senator David Leyonhjelm believes.

He says this week’s Sydney cafe siege would have been less likely to happen if the gunman thought his hostages might be carrying concealed weapons.

“That nutcase who held them all hostage wouldn’t have known that they were armed and bad guys don’t like to be shot back at,” Senator Leyonhjelm told ABC radio on Thursday.

via Gun control has turned Australia into a nation of defenceless victims, says senator | Australia news | The Guardian.